Home › Words › A › akinesthesiaakinesthesiaakinesthesia means the inability to perceive motion or position.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, akinesthesia ranks #7,709 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom a- + kinesthesia.nounThe inability to perceive motion or positionDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.kinanesthesia 77% match — An inability to perceive movement. vs akinesthesia →acenesthesia 69% match — The loss of the perception of one's own body vs akinesthesia →kinesthesia 67% match — Sensation or perception of motion. vs akinesthesia →aesthesia 65% match — The ability to perceive sensations. vs akinesthesia →akinetic 65% match — Without motion. vs akinesthesia →akinesia 64% match — The loss of the ability to control motor muscles. vs akinesthesia →akinetopsia 62% match — An inability to perceive motion, despite stationary objects remaining more or less visible, due to brain damage disrupting input to the dorsal pathway. vs akinesthesia →anaesthesis 62% match — loss of feeling; insensibility vs akinesthesia →